The under-15 team for the costcutter world cup: Subhash Dixit (capt), K Vasudev Das, Ashraf Ali, Mrigen Talukdar, A T Rayudu, Swapnaj Thakur, Palash Jyotidas, Sushil Kumar, Nikhil Rathod, Rajesh Banik, Abhinav Kumar (wicketkeeper), Irfan Pathan, P A V N Raju and Tushar Saha.

The brightest, latest and greatest Rajan Iyer visits the Colonial stadium, where Australia and South Africa will play the first official one-day games under a roof, later this month. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/11iyer.htm West Indies win u-15 World Cup They beat Pakistan by two wickets in the final at Lord's on Thursday. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/11colts.htm Kuruvilla heads MCA junior selection committee The former Bombay speedster replaces Pradeep Kasliwal at the helm. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/11kuru.htm Much ado about very little? Income Tax officials fail to substantiate claims by ministers that unnumbered millions in cash and assets were recovered in course of recent raids on cricketers. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/11it.htm SA state prosecutor to meet Indian sleuths on match-fixing This was disclosed by a commission spokesperson in Cape Town, when the interim report on cricket match-fixing was handed over to the government by Judge Edwin King. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/11sa.htm IMG looking for an alternative New Zealand likely to be common team for Sahara Cup. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/11img.htm 'The boys have worked hard, so definitely they should get the gold' India hockey coach Vasudevan Bhaskaran talks to Ivan Crasto about the team's preparations and his hopes for the Sydney Olympics. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/11bhas.htm Paes gets wild card for Olympics The Indian ace was nominated for one of the six wild cards issued by the International Tennis Federation. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/11paes.htm 8 wild cards for Asians The ITF's Olympic Committee granted two in the men's singles, four in the women's singles, one in the men's doubles and three in the women's doubles. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/11tennis.htm World under-21 snooker from Sunday 60 cueists from 21 countries will vie for honours in the 15-day event. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/11snook.htm Rana questions NRAI's wisdom India's pistol ace asked why young shooter Abhinav Bindra, who has qualified for the Sydney Games, is being forced to attend a coaching camp instead of performing abroad. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/11snook.htm Bengal paddlers have field day They bagged three slots in the semi-finals of the sub-junior girls' singles in the national ranking table tennis tournament. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/11suresh.htm Once, there was a man In a time of greed and excess but so little achievement, the memory of an older, better time and of a quiet, humble champion named Leslie Claudius returns to haunt Rohit Brijnath. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/10rohit.htm Mass falsification of ages in Nat TT At least 30 players were scratched from the tournament for tampering with their birth certificates. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/10suresh.htm Kaveri Thakur swims English Channel The 16-year-old Thane-based marathon swimmer is the youngest to perform the feat this year. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/10swim.htm The Olympic Village A photo feature of the village that will house all the athletes at Sydney 2000. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/09olymp.htm India pulls out of Sahara Cup Sports Minister Dhindsa said on Thursday that the Indian team will not participate in the bilateral series till Pakistan stops encouraging killings of innocent people. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/10sahara.htm Apply same logic for Olympics: Muthiah The BCCI president said the government should apply the same yardstick for other athletes and the hockey team. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/10reac.htm 'I have never been a puppet and I will never be one' Transcript of the A C Muthiah chat http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/10muth.htm India win u-15 Plate final They thrashed Sri Lanka by eight wickets, with 34.2 overs to spare, in the battle of losing semi-finalists in the Costcutter World under-15 Challenge. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/10colts.htm Life bans expected for Gibbs and Williams Judge Edwin King is expected to recommend suspended life bans for the two players in his interim report on Friday. - AFP http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/10bans.htm Moin withdraws from Singapore series Pakistan's captain announced he is unavailable due to a knee injury. - AFP http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/10moin.htm Lanka, SA Test ends in draw 'Arjuna Ranatunga bowed out in style and Jayawardene scored a century. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/10lanka.htm The good old days A slide show on Mohammad Azharuddin http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/10slide1.htm Bhupathi-Knowles make early exit They were beaten by the Swedish pair of Thomas Johansson and Magnus Norman in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/09tennis.htm China face uphill battle in Sydney Coaches and athletes are playing down their medal chances in swimming and athletics - events the country dominated in recent times. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/09china.htm Hock will play at Sydney Malaysia's Atlanta silver medallist, who had opted out of the Olympics because of injuries, has changed his decision and will partner Cheah Soon Kit in the doubles. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/09bad.htm Knee injury forces Baboor out India's leading player will not be among the 567 players who will be seen in action in the national ranking table tennis championships in Rajkot from Thursday. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/09suresh.htm Windies, Pakistan in Costcutter final The West Indies beat South Africa in a rain-interrupted match over two days in the under-15 World Cup. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/09cost.htm Not Toronto, Not now Prem Panicker and Harsha Bhogle debate http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/09conv.htm SA - Lanka Test heads for a draw Rain washed out the final session's play of the fourth day leaving little chance of a winning result in the third and final cricket Test. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/09lanka.htm Bradman lauds Lala Amarnath In a condolence message the cricketing legend said Lala was absolutely charming and a wonderful ambassador for the game. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/09don.htm Aussies spurn ODIs, lose money ACB chief Malcolm Speed said offers were declined to avoid overburdening the national team. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/09aus1.htm Fans asked to file additional affidavit The Delhi High Court asked two cricket enthusiasts to state their position on their media trial against the BCCI on their web site. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/09law.htm Clean chit for Aussies Australian cricket's anti-corruption watch-dog Greg Melick said he found no evidence to support claims by Salim Malik that Australian players were involved in match-fixing. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/09aus.htm Aussies beat Pakistan Terry Walsh's side had the perfect start to the hockey Test series between the two countries. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/08hock.htm Abhinav Bindra to be felicitated for world record-equalling effort The 17-year-old achieved 596/600 at the Munich World Cup last month but missed the medal by a whisker. He will be the youngest marksman at the Sydney Olympics. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/08shoot.htm Taiwan loses Olympic medal hope Female World champion Chen Jui-lien tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid Metandienone. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/08ban.htm Baumann plans to run marathon The former Olympic 5,000 metres champion, who tested positive for nandrolone, says he will run the marathon after the Olympics, where he hopes to compete. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/08baum.htm The week in Indian sports A round-up of Indian teams and players' performance at home and abroad. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/08week.htm Tax raids yielded Rs 40 million Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha told the Rajya Sabha that Income Tax authorities are still in the process of examining documents seized during the recent raids on the premises of cricketers, administrators and bookies. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/08tax.htm Sahara Cup team on August 19 BCCI secretary Jaywant Lele also said the working committee meeting will be held on August 20 at Bangalore. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/08lele.htm South Africa take slender lead Left-arm spinner Nicky Boje took his second haul of five wickets in a Test innings as Sri Lanka conceded a 21-run lead on the first innings on the third day of the third and final cricket Test. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/08lanka.htm Umpire warned after on-field row English cricket officials took the rare step of warning a first class umpire about his behaviour and ordered him to pay towards the costs of their hearing. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/08ump.htm Indian colts in Plate final They meet Sri Lanka following a mini-league for the non-semi-finalists of the Costcutter under-15 World Cup. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/08colts.htm Cornhill Test Images of the fourth day's play in the match between England and the West Indies at Old Trafford http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/05crick1.htm World chess championship in Delhi The biggest names in world chess will be seen in action from November 24 to December 16. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/07chess.htm Venus Williams unstoppable The Wimbledon champion extended her winning streak to 15 matches after beating Monica Seles in the final of the $535,000 WTA tournament. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/07venus.htm Cricketers fail to turn up for last respects Till late Saturday evening not a single cricketer had turned up to pay their last respects to the departed soul of Lala Amarnath. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/05onkar.htm Lala Amarnath passes away Free India's first cricket captain, Lala Amarnath died on Saturday morning after a prolonged illness. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/05lala.htm Adieu, Lala Moved by news of the legendary cricketer's demise, a reader responds, with a considered tribute to Lala Amarnath http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/05lalag.htm 'Lala never gave up against any odds' Tributes to the doyen of Indian cricket. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/05trib.htm Lahore ki shaan K Jagannadha Rao salutes the Lala Amarnath, who passed into the ages on Saturday morning. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/05amar.htm Of need and greed Sujata Prakash asks: Can a beautiful face hide such an ugly secret so well. http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/05sujata.htm Cornhill Test Images of the second day's play in the match between England and the West Indies at Old Trafford http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/05crick1.htm Hockey camp ends abruptly Civil disturbances in Bangalore following the kidnapping of a celluloid star Rajkumar by dreaded forest brigand Veerappan last Sunday forced the probables to leave for their respective homes. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/aug/03hock.htm ICC knock-out tournament 2000 Former world-champions India, Sri Lanka and West Indies will have to qualify for the quarter-finals of the ICC knock-out trophy, in Kenya in October. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/jul/26iccko.htm New Zealand squads announced The Kiwis name their squads for the Singapore tournament and the tour of Zimbabwe. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/jul/26kiwi.htm Automatic qualification for Kenya 'The next step is for Kenya to be granted Test status,' said ICC CEO David Richards. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/jul/26kenya.htm Hercule Poirot comes to Pakistan cricket Roshan Paul looks at the pros and cons of the PCB's decision to employ a sleuth. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/jul/26roshan.htm Today in pictures Images of the day's main newsmakers http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/jul/25pix.htm The week in Indian sports A round-up of Indian teams and players' performance at home and abroad. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/jul/24week.htm An eventful week for cricket Roshan Paul presents snippets of news from various countries that are either yet to break or have been buried in the back pages. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/jul/24roshan.htm The record-breaking Tiger Images of Tiger Woods in his moment of glory http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/jul/24golf1.htm Natwest Trophy finals A slide show of England's victory over Zimbabwe in the final http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/jul/24slide1.htm In ship-shape for Sydney Ivan Crasto reports from the conditioning camp for the Olympics-bound Indian hockey team, at Bangalore. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/jul/22hock.htm A 'Gayle' blows through England Images of Thursday's Natwest Trophy match between the West Indies and England http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/jul/21slide1.htm The week in Indian sports A round-up of Indian teams and players' performance at home and abroad. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/jul/11week.htm KOOKABURRAS WOUNDED AHEAD OF PAKISTAN SERIES By Ian Jessup SYDNEY, Aug 4 AAP - A wounded Australian men's hockey team limped home to Perth today after a week-long camp in Sydney that threw up more obstacles in the quest for Olympic gold. Injuries to fullback Jason Duff, halfback Daniel Sproule and striker Craig Victory have left the Kookaburras in a delicate state ahead of next week's three-Test series against Pakistan. Duff's knee blew up after training yesterday and while he played in today's 11-1 victory over the NSW Institute of Sport the Victorian will be running the gauntlet all the way to the Games. Sproule took no part in the camp due to a sudden back complaint and was being examined in Melbourne today, while Victory also sat out today with a sore lower back. And reserve fullback Murray Richards is in no position to march into the team, having been booked in for an arthroscopy today on an injured knee. Sproule missed last month's Champions Trophy with a broken hand and is a vital part of the Australian midfield. The only positive for the Australians was their work on penalty corners which could prove crucial next month. Duff had a knee reconstruction last November and made a miraculous comeback for the Champions Trophy in Amsterdam in May, only to strain a thigh muscle. Having missed out on the team for Atlanta the 27-year-old knows Sydney is probably his only shot at an Olympic Games. "He's still a bit of a worry," said coach Terry Walsh. "We've got to keep testing him and putting him under the pump. There wasn't enough pressure on him today to make it a good gauge but next week against Pakistan should be. "He's in the team but he's got to prove his fitness levels are up there. "We don't have six months to rest him and bring him back up. He knows there's a risk we run with that, but the Olympics is a very attractive scene." The pencil-thin Victory burst into the Australian team last year at 19 but already this year has suffered severe bruising of the foot and food poisoning in Amsterdam. "He's a young guy with a lot of hockey under his belt. Jug (Duff) doesn't have that so he's pushed into a situation where he has to play," Walsh said. Pakistan will bring a 17-man squad to Australia and New Zealand, then cut one player for the Olympics. Six weeks ago the country was in its usual turmoil, with the Pakistan Hockey Federation president sacked and the coach quitting in protest. That prompted former greats Shahbaz Ahmed and Mansoor Ahmed to put their hands up for the Olympics but they didn't show at the trials and weren't picked. Sport Central

Great Britain: S Mason (Reading); B Garrard (Surbiton), J Wyatt (capt, Reading), T Bertram (Bournville), C Parnham (Cannock); M Johnson (Cannock), D Hacker (Canterbury), G Fordham (Guildford); B Sharpe (Cannock), D Hall (Guildford), C Giles (Surbiton). Substitutes used: J Wallis (Teddington), M Pearn (Reading), B Waugh (Southgate). Holland: G Vogels; E Jazet, B Lomas, D van Weel, W van Pelt; S Veen (capt), J Delmeee, M Eikelboom; P F van Esseveldt, P Geeris, K Klaver. Substitutes used: S van der Weide & P Windt.

The team is: Goal-keepers: Ahmed Alam (Captain) and Mohammad Qasim Fullbacks: Tariq Imran, Sohail Abbas and Ali Raza Half-backs: Imran Yousuf, Irfan Yousuf, Mohammad Wasim and Mohammad Shafqat Forwards: Kamran Ashraf (Vice-captain), Dr Atif Bashir, Mohammad Sarwar, Mohammad Nadeem (ND), Syed Sameer Hussain, Kashif Jawwad, Mohammad Anis and Mohammad Shabbir. Officals: Brig Khalid Sajjad Khokhar (Chief manager), Islahuddin (Manager), Iftikhar Syed (Coach), Dr Yousuf (tean doctor), and umpire Faiz Mohammad Faizi.

GREAT BRITAIN: S Mason (Reading); B Garrard (Surbiton), J Wyatt (Reading, capt), T Bertram (Bournville), C Parnham (Cannock); M Johnson (Cannock), D Hacker (Canterbury), G Fordham (Guildford); B Sharpe (Cannock), D Hall (Guildford), M Pearn (Reading). Substitutes used: J Wallis (Teddington), C Giles (Surbiton), B Waugh (Southgate). KOREA: Yoon Kim; Seung Hwan JI; Kyung Seok Kim, Jung Woo Lim, Yong Bae Kim; Jung Chul Kim, Wonn Kon Yeo, Jong Ha Jeon; Seung Tae Song, Keon Wook Kang (capt), Jong Hyan Hwang. Substitutes used: Chul Hwan Kim, Hyung Bae Han. Umpires: M Bruning (Neth) and C Blasch (Ger).